Carrier for target-traps.



No. 831,365. PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

T. MASBL.

CARRIER FOR TARGET TRAPS. APPLICATION FILED 0018, 1904 INVENTOR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE MASEL, OF ALTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO THE CHAMBERLIN CARTRIDGE & TARGET COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION.

CARRIER FOR TARGET-TRAPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed October 8.1904. Serial No. 227,629.

T0 at whom/it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THEODORE l\/IASEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alton, in the county of Madison and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriers for T arget- Traps, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a multiple carrier for the reception of disk targets commonly known as clay pigeons and from which the targets are thrown during the operation of a target-trap of any suitable description.

The object of the invention is to furnish a carrier of the kind named from which targets may be thrown in series each time that the target-trap is operated.

Figure I is a top or plan view of my carrier. Fig. II is an enlarged cross-section taken on line II II, Fig. I. Fig. III is a perspective view of my carrier.

1 designates the throw-arm of a targettrap.

2 is the main jaw of a forward target-carrier that is swiveled to the throw-arm 1 by a pivot-bolt 3. This jaw is normally held approximately in alinement with a longitudinal line drawn through the throw-arm by a spring 4, the spring being secured at one end to the rear end of the jaw 2 and being secured at the other end to the throw-arm at any desired location.

5 is the 'movable jaw of the forward carrier, which is pivoted to the main jaw at 6 and is controlled by a spring 7 on the rod 8, through the medium of which said movable jaw is yieldingly held to an inward po sition with respect to the free end of the main jaw 2. The carrier-jaw 2 is provided with a guard 9, and the movable jaw 5 bears a button 10, between which parts a target rests when seated in the carrier.

2 designates the main jaw of a rear or second target-carrier, which is secured to the rear end of the main jaw of the first carrier in such manner that the two aws will occupy positions at angles to each other, as seen in Figs. I and III.

5 is the movable jaw of the rear carrier, which is pivoted at 6 to the main jaw 2 and is controlled by a spring 7 on a rod 8,

having connection with said movable jaw. The main and movable jaws of the rear car- 5 5 rier-have a guard 9 and button 10, corresponding to like parts of the forward carrier. The guard 9, carried by the main jaw of the forward carrier, is provided at its rear end with a depending stop 9*, located in front of the movable jaw 5 of the rear carrier, which serves as a guard to prevent displacement of the target located on the rear carrier when the carriers are swung into target-discharging position on the rotation of the throw-arm by which they are carried; The springs 7 and 7 are located beneath the carrier-jaws and connected to the movable jaw of each carrier in such position, thereby leaving the tops of the carriers unobstructed in order that the targets may be placed on the carriers from the rear side thereof, which could not be done if the springs were located above the carrier-jaws.

It is desirable that the two carriers operate 7 5 to discharge the targets therein in diverging directions instead of in straight lines, so that the targets will move into different quarters. For the purpose of causing the targets to be so discharged I preferably provide a greater degree of tensional strength in one of the jawcontrolling springs than in the other spring, and with this in view the spring 7, that controls the movable jaw of the rear carrier, is generally made of greater tensional strength than the spring 7, that controls the movable jaw of the forward carrier. This variation in tensional strength may be secured by making the spring 7 of greater strength than the spring 7, as illustrated.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a target-trap, the combination with a throwing-arm and means for actuating the same, of a plurality of pivoted carriers mounted on the arm, and adjusting means 5 associated with each carrier whereby the carriers may be made to discharge the targets at varying angles.

2. Ina target-trap, the combination with a throwing-arm and means for actuating the same, of a pair of carriers pivoted on the arm, means for restoring the carriers upon the discharge of the targets, a spring-controlled gripping-finger on each carrier, and means for adjusting the gripping-finger springsto different tensions whereby the carriers may main jaws mounted on said arm, a plurality of movable jaws pivoted to said main jaws, and springs of difierent tensional strength controlling said movable jaws substantially as set forth.

5. A multiple target-carrier consisting of a plurality of main jaws and a plurality of movable jaws controlled by springs of different strength and carried by said main jaws; said main jaws being disposed in a plane approximately common to both of them and said spring-controlled jaws being disposed in a plane approximately common to both of them, substantially as set forth.

6. A multiple target-carrier consisting of a plurality of main jaws united as a unit, and

' disposed in a plane approximately common to both of them, a plurality of movable jaws pivoted to said main jaws and disposed in a plane approximately common to both of them, and springs of different strength for yieldingly controlling said movable aws, substantially as set forth.

7. A multiple target-trap carrier comprismg a forward carrier having a main and a movable jaw, a spring for controlling said movable jaw, a second carrier located at the rear of said forward carrier and consisting of a main jaw and a movable aw, and a spring for controlling the movable aw of said lastnamed carrier; one of said springs having greater tensional strength than the other spring, substantially as set forth.

8. A multiple targettrap carrier comprising a forward carrier having a main jaw and a movable jaw, a spring for controlling said movable jaw, and a rear carrier secured to said forward carrier and consisting of a main jaw and a movable jaw, and a spring for controlling the movable jaw of said rear carrier; said last-named spring having greater tensional strength than the spring associated with the movable jaw of the forward carrier, substantially as set forth.

9. A multiple carrier consisting of a plurality of main jaws and a plurality of movable jaws, and guards surmounting said main jaws; one of said guards being provided with a stop located in front of the adj acent movable jaw of the succeeding carrier, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of October, 1904.

THEODORE MASEL.

In presence of NELLIE V. ALEXANDER, BLANOHE HOGAN. 

